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When we talk of education in our present age, we think largely in terms of schools and colleges. The man who is well-to-do spends money in sending his son to foreign lands, in the belief that some wonderful process will take place there transforming a dull fellow into a genius. Yet, the products of expensive schools and universities often fail to make good. One the other hand, the poor man who has struggled against adversity often earns the highest honour. The fact is that the true background of early education is the home. The home, the influence of the mother, the inspiring examples that are held before the child at an age while he is impressionable, are the true groundwork of character.
A well-to-do man sends his son to foreign lands
because it is the fashion of the day.
in the belief that his dull son will be transformed into a genius.
so that the son may learn the customs of those countries.
in order to make his son familiar with the persons and places of those countries.
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When we talk of education in our present age, we think largely in terms of schools and colleges. The man who is well-to-do spends money in sending his son to foreign lands, in the belief that some wonderful process will take place there transforming a dull fellow into a genius. Yet, the products of expensive schools and universities often fail to make good. One the other hand, the poor man who has struggled against adversity often earns the highest honour. The fact is that the true background of early education is the home. The home, the influence of the mother, the inspiring examples that are held before the child at an age while he is impressionable, are the true groundwork of character.
The expression "the products of expensive schools and universities often fail to make good" means
they fail to make a mark in life.
they fail to become intelligent.
they fail to earn a proper living.
they do not earn a good reputation.
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The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.
Old age is generally a depressing period, because
old people worry more than others.
old people tend to regret their past.
various organs of the body function less efficiently.
old people do very little work.
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The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.
The strength of bones can be increased by exercise because it
increases the amount of blood pumped by the heart.
increases calcium content in bones.
increases the amount of air exhaled by a person.
lessens the stiffness of the chest wall.
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The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.
The word 'exhale' means
breathe in.
breathe out.
breathe slowly.
breath fast.
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The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Exercise delays the natural decay of old age
Old-age problems increase due to exercise
Exercise increases the heartbeat which is dangerous
Exercise creates stress which is harmful to bones.
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The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart's ability to pump blood drops about one per cent blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age-associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.
The chest wall becomes stiff in old age, because
the heart's ability to pump blood to it drops about one per cent
the blood flow to various organs-decreases
the resting heart-rate becomes high
the person's ability to exhale sufficient air lessens
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Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, laborers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness.
Consider the following assumptions:
Which of the above assumptions can be drawn from the above passage?
2 and 4
1 and 2
3 and 4
None of these
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Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, laborers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness.
Gandhi transformed the uneducated people by teaching them
work-mindedness
self-confidence
fearlessness
heroism
C.
fearlessness
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Gandhi was not born great. He was a blundering boy, a mediocre student, a poor lawyer, an ordinary individual until he remade himself. He was a self-remade man. He had faith in himself. But above all, he had a deep, touching faith in the peasants, miners, laborers, and young unformed men and women whom he drew into his work. He fed them all an elixir of growth which often transformed nameless, uneducated people into leonine heroes. The elixir was fearlessness.
Gandhi's attitude to the labor class was one of
generosity
pity
compassion
fearlessness
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